May 16, 2025

The mood around the house has been pretty much "fuck it" but currently in the process of trying to find a way out of that malaise. Yesterday was supposedly National Chocolate Chip Day, so I'm a day behind making some cookies so now have an excuse for that tonight. Maybe I'll do that after grabbing some ribs to celebrate National Barbecue Day (seriously, if you've never looked at this Days of the Year site, it's both cute and goofy).

Otherwise, the weather's nice and there's nothing pressing to report. WorldPride starts today for those who celebrate (be safe out there if you're participating) so the city might be crazy for the next couple weeks. Don't know what we're going to end up doing this weekend - we have some projects that still need to get done and were invited to a picnic that we have scant details on the when and where. In the meantime, here's a video of model-scale bricklaying to give some meditativeness to the day. - A.B. 5/16/25

P.S. Went on a soul music kick yesterday - going to make a Something Interesting post soon about record label box sets - so today's a back-to-back of Isaac Hayes albums. I find his music is more of an acquired taste (usually 15-minute Lover-man Funk covers of 60s standards) but it's enjoyable if you can stick with it and just groove. Hot Buttered Soul (1969) is his absolute best but The Isaac Hayes Movement and ...To Be Continued (both 1970) continue along that trajectory until he switched gears with the Shaft soundtrack the following year. Just lean back and vamp with Isaac today if you have the time.